There are a known issues that Ventura guests boot loop in VMware Workstation. The situation after extensive testing is:
- Intel pre-Haswell CPUs dropped by Apple in Ventura - no way to patch need to look at OCLP
- AMD CPUs no longer work in Ventura possibly due to how CPUID leaf 7 is read - no way to patch need to look at OpenCore and other solutions
- Intel Haswell+ CPUS, which are supported, make sure you set
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"
to
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
| CPU | macOS | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Intel pre-Haswell | macOS 10.6-12 | ESXi use 7.0 U2 hardware |
| Intel post-Haswell | macOS 10.6-13 | ESXi use 7.0 U2 hardware |
| AMD Ryzen | macOS 11-12 | These are the only ones tested |
Please do not upgrade to Ventura at this time if you have AMD or Intel pre-Haswell CPUs.